Literacy Education - Teaching Minor
Literacy Education - Teaching Minor
| Required: | ||
| Literacy Education: | 4 | |
| Assessment and Evaluation of Literacy | ||
| Experience in Literacy: Field | ||
| Course work chosen for appropriate endorsement | 21 | |
| Total Hours | 25 | |
Reading K-8 Endorsement
| Literacy Education: | ||
| LITED 1044 | Children's Literature | 3 |
| LITED 3115 | Methods of Teaching Early Literacy | 3 |
| LITED 3116 | Methods of Teaching Content Literacy in the Intermediate Grades | 3 |
| or LITED 4117/5117 | Methods of Teaching Content Literacy at the Middle and Secondary Levels | |
| LITED 3119/5119 | Language Development and Emergent Literacy | 3 |
| LITED 3121/5121 | Children's Literature for Diversity and Social Justice | 3 |
| LITED 4147/5147 | Advanced Literacy Practices | 3 |
| LITED 4192/5192 | Experience in Literacy: Tutoring | 3 |
| Total Hours | 21 | |
Reading 5-12 Endorsement
| Literacy Education: | ||
| LITED 3119/5119 | Language Development and Emergent Literacy | 3 |
| or TESOL 4510/5510 | Language Development | |
| LITED 4117/5117 | Methods of Teaching Content Literacy at the Middle and Secondary Levels | 3 |
| LITED 4147/5147 | Advanced Literacy Practices | 3 |
| LITED 4192/5192 | Experience in Literacy: Tutoring | 3 |
| Languages and Literatures/Linguistics: | ||
| ENGLISH 2520 | Multicultural Literature | 3 |
| or ENGLISH 2420 | Survey of American Literature | |
| ENGLISH 3940/5940 | Literature for Young Adults | 3 |
| ENGLISH 3920/5920 | The Teaching of Writing | 3 |
| or TESOL 4120/5120 | Introduction to Linguistics | |
| or TESOL 3110 | The Structure of English | |
| Total Hours | 21 | |
English/Language Arts K-8 Endorsement
| Literacy Education: | ||
| LITED 1044 | Children's Literature | 3 |
| LITED 3115 | Methods of Teaching Early Literacy | 3 |
| LITED 3116 | Methods of Teaching Content Literacy in the Intermediate Grades | 3 |
| or LITED 4117/5117 | Methods of Teaching Content Literacy at the Middle and Secondary Levels | |
| LITED 3119/5119 | Language Development and Emergent Literacy | 3 |
| LITED 3121/5121 | Children's Literature for Diversity and Social Justice | 3 |
| Languages and Literatures/Linguistics: | ||
| ENGLISH 2520 | Multicultural Literature | 3 |
| or ENGLISH 2420 | Survey of American Literature | |
| or ENGLISH 3940/5940 | Literature for Young Adults | |
| Theatre: | ||
| THEATRE 1050 | Creative Drama | 3 |
| or ELEMECML 4125/5125 | Methods of Teaching Health, Fitness, Visual and Performing Arts Integration in Elementary Classroom | |
| Total Hours | 21 | |
In order to declare the Literacy Education Minor, a student must have a cumulative and UNI GPA of 2.50 or higher. To continue in the minor, students must earn a C or above in minor courses numbered LITED 3119/5119 Language Development and Emergent Literacy or above and maintain a cumulative and UNI GPA of 2.50 or higher.
Persons selecting this program are eligible for the State of Iowa Reading K-8, Reading 5-12, or English/Language Arts K-8 endorsement, depending on their choice of courses.